Automate backups of Netgear WNDAP330 & WNDPA350

As part of my ongoing battle to backup all our network devices, I’ve cobbled together a batch script to backup Netgear’s ProSafe range of access points. Save the following as Backup.bat:

@echo off

REM ================================================================
REM CONFIGURATION INFO
REM ================================================================
set CFGFILE=BackupList.txt
set DESTDIR=C:\Backups\
set NET_USERNAME=admin
set NET_PASSWORD=netgear

REM ================================================================
REM STOP CHANGING HERE OR YOU'LL BREAK SOMETHING
REM ================================================================
SET TIMESTAMP=%date:~-4,4%.%date:~-7,2%.%date:~-10,2%
for /F "tokens=1,2 delims=," %%A in (%CFGFILE%) do (
	IF NOT EXIST "%DESTDIR%%TIMESTAMP%" mkdir "%DESTDIR%%TIMESTAMP%" > NUL
	echo %%B

	curl -s -c "%%A.cookie.txt" "http://%%B/login.php?username=%NET_USERNAME%&password=%NET_PASSWORD%"
	curl -s -b "%%A.cookie.txt" "http://%%B/downloadFile.php?file=config" -o "%DESTDIR%%TIMESTAMP%\%%A.cfg"

	IF EXIST %%A.cookie.txt del %%A.cookie.txt
)

In the same directory create a TXT file named BackupList.txt. Add access points to the file that should be backed up in Name,ip address format. A sample BackupList.txt file might look like:

LON-CORE-WAP01,192.168.1.1
NY-CORE-WAP01,192.168.2.1

You’ll also need to download the windows version of cURLa list of mirrors can be found here. Place it in the same directory as the other two files.

Then run Backup.bat to backup all your Netgear ProSafe WNDAP access points.

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